City Lawmakers Call For Faster Release After Arrest

City officials are introducing the “Charge or Release” bill to the Council Wednesday to ensure anyone arrested in the city is charged or released within 24 hours of arrest. The bill also gives the Council oversight of the arrest-to-arraignment process.

Many of our communities suffer from constituents who are being kept far beyond 24 hours, as the statistics have pointed out, in Manhattan there’s a 42 percent chance of someone being arrested having to stay more than 24 hours, and the numbers get worse.The NYCLU supports the Charge or Release bill.